Raja Ravi Varma paintings🖌️

Date of Birth: April 29, 1848

Place of Birth: Kilimanoor, Travancore, India

Date of Death: October 2, 1906

Place of Death: Attingal, Travancore,India

Profession: Painter, artist

Awards: Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal (1904)

Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter and artist, considered as one of the greatest painters in the history of Indian art. Raja Ravi Varma is known for his amazing paintings, which revolve mainly around the Puranas (ancient mythological stories) and the great Indian epics – Mahabharata and Ramayana. Ravi Varma is one of the few painters who managed to accomplish a beautiful union of Indian tradition with the techniques of European academic art. This is one of the reasons why he is considered as one of the most, if not the most prominent Indian painters. Varma was also responsible in taking the Indian art all over the world with his impeccable technique.

His Contributions:

• Made around 7,000 paintings.
• Apart from painting Hindu mythological figures, Varma also made portraits of many Indians as well as Europeans.
• Varma worked on both portrait and landscape paintings, and is considered among the first Indian artists to use oil paints.
• He continues to be regarded as the most important representative of the Europeanised school of painting in India.

Here are some alluring paintings done by Raja Ravi Varma:

” Every canvas is a journey on all its own “.

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